Avicii warned he was "going to die"

In the 2017 Netflix documentary Avicii: True Stories, the Swedish DJ said he knew he was going to die if he continued performing. He famously retired from live gigs in 2016, citing health problems and alcohol abuse at the time.

"I have told them this. I won't be able to play anymore. I have said, like, 'I'm going to die.' I have said it so many times," he reportedly said in the documentary, which was released in October. "And so I don't want to hear that I should entertain the thought of doing another gig."

He then detailed the lack of support he felt when he did announce his retirement:

I have been very open with everyone I work with, and everyone who knows me. Everyone knows that I've had anxiety and that I have tried. I did not expect that people would try to pressure me into doing more gigs. They have seen how ill I have felt by doing it, but I had a lot of push-back when I wanted to stop doing gigs.